Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Appelbloom

Geoffrey Appelbloom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD FOR MONITORING OBJECT FLOW WITHIN A SURGICAL SPACE DURING A SURGERY
    Publication number: 20230200913
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking objects within a surgical space during a surgery includes: based on a first image depicting the surgical space at a first time, detecting a first object and a constellation of objects in the surgical space, estimating distances from each object—in the constellation of objects—to the first object, and calculating a contamination risk of the first object based on contamination scores and distances to the first object for each object in the constellation of objects; calculating a contamination score of the first object based on a combination of the contamination risks of the first object during the surgery; and, in response to the contamination score of the first object exceeding a threshold contamination score prior to contact between the first object and a patient, serving a prompt within the surgical space to address sterility of the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Derek F. Amanatullah, Geoffrey Appelbloom, David Zhao, Rahim Nazerali
  • Method for monitoring object flow within a surgical space during a surgery
    Patent number: 11583360
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking objects within a surgical space during a surgery includes: based on a first image depicting the surgical space at a first time, detecting a first object and a constellation of objects in the surgical space, estimating distances from each object—in the constellation of objects—to the first object, and calculating a contamination risk of the first object based on contamination scores and distances to the first object for each object in the constellation of objects; calculating a contamination score of the first object based on a combination of the contamination risks of the first object during the surgery; and, in response to the contamination score of the first object exceeding a threshold contamination score prior to contact between the first object and a patient, serving a prompt within the surgical space to address sterility of the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Derek F. Amanatullah, Geoffrey Appelbloom, David Zhao, Rahim Nazerali
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING OBJECT FLOW WITHIN A SURGICAL SPACE DURING A SURGERY
    Publication number: 20200253683
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking objects within a surgical space during a surgery includes: based on a first image depicting the surgical space at a first time, detecting a first object and a constellation of objects in the surgical space, estimating distances from each object—in the constellation of objects—to the first object, and calculating a contamination risk of the first object based on contamination scores and distances to the first object for each object in the constellation of objects; calculating a contamination score of the first object based on a combination of the contamination risks of the first object during the surgery; and, in response to the contamination score of the first object exceeding a threshold contamination score prior to contact between the first object and a patient, serving a prompt within the surgical space to address sterility of the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Derek F. Amanatullah, Geoffrey Appelbloom, David Zhao, Rahim Nazerali